2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 200 metre freestyle
Competition:	2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue:	Yokohama International Swimming Pool
Dates:	August 25, 2002 (heats &<br>semifinals) August 26, 2002 (final)
Competitors:	29
Nations:	10
Win Value:	1:44.75
Gold:	Ian Thorpe
Goldnoc:	AUS
Silver:	Grant Hackett
Silvernoc:	AUS
Bronze:	Nate Dusing
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	1999
Next:	2006

The men's 200 metre freestyle competition at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 25–26 at the Yokohama International Swimming Pool.^[1] ^[2] The last champion was Ian Thorpe of Australia.^[3]

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in freestyle.^[4]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:

World record		1:44.06	Fukuoka, Japan	July 25, 2001
Pan Pacific Championships record		1:46.00	Sydney, Australia	August 24, 1999

All times are in minutes and seconds.

The first round was held on August 25.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	4	1:48.51	Q
2	4	5	1:49.10	Q
3	2	5	1:49.46	Q
4	3	4	1:49.48	Q
5	2	4	1:49.58	Q
6	2	2	1:49.84	Q
7	3	5	1:49.85	Q
8	2	3	1:49.91	Q
9	4	3	1:50.12	Q
10	2	6	1:50.40	Q
11	3	2	1:50.83	Q
12	4	6	1:50.95	Q
13	3	6	1:51.11	Q
14	3	7	1:51.23	Q
15	3	3	1:51.75	Q
16	3	1	1:52.33	Q
17	4	2	1:52.50
18	2	1	1:52.89
19	3	8	1:53.20
20	4	1	1:54.89
20	4	7	1:54.89
22	2	8	1:54.92
23	2	7	1:55.02
24	1	4	1:55.07
25	4	8	1:58.37
26	1	5	1:59.11
27	1	3	1:59.50
28	1	6	2:06.37
29	1	2	2:12.03

The semifinals were held on August 25.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	4	1:47.57	Q
2	1	5	1:48.41	Q
3	1	4	1:48.52	Q
4	2	3	1:48.59	Q
5	1	3	1:48.89	Q
6	2	5	1:49.13	Q
7	1	2	1:49.83	Q
8	1	6	1:49.98	Q
9	1	1	1:50.03
10	2	6	1:50.12
11	1	7	1:50.42
12	2	2	1:50.93
13	2	7	1:51.17
14	2	1	1:51.47
15	2	8	1:51.61
16	1	8	1:53.70

The final was held on August 26.

Rank	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
	4		1:44.75	CR
	5		1:45.84
	6	Nate Dusing	1:48.11
4	2	Richard Say	1:48.26
5	3	Klete Keller	1:48.42
6	7	Mark Johnston	1:49.48
7	1	Daisuke Hosokawa	1:49.74
8	8	Yoshihiro Okumura	1:49.97

Web site: Results of the 2002 Pan Pacific . Best Swimming . June 4, 2006 . February 14, 2014 . pt . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222064046/http://www.bestswimming.com.br/2013/2006/06/04/resultados-do-ltimo-pan-pacfico-em-yokohama-japo-4775/ . February 22, 2014 . dead . mdy-all .
http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/4086.asp 2002 Pan Pacific held in Yokohama International Swimming Pool
http://www.ishof.org/library/pdf/medalists.pdf ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history
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